Garment-marker and skirt-gage



E. THORPE.

GARMENT MARKER AND SKIRT GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, I920- Patented Mar. 22,1921.

secured to the ELIZABETH, rnonrn,

or Gunmen, FLORIDA,

eaannn'r-naaxnn Ann smnr eaen.

T0 allwhomitmay concern: Beit known that I, ELIZABETH Trronrn, a citizenof the United States, residing at Clearwater,in the county of Pinellasand State of Florida, haveinv'ented certain new and useful Improvementsin 1 Garment- Markers and Skirt-Gagesof which the following is aspecification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relatesto a combined garment marker and skirt gageand ithas for its object to provide an lmproved' article of this naturepossessing and advantage over any known device. These points ofsuperiority and advantage will be fully set forth in the detaileddescription which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the device attached to theedge of a door in position to serve as a garment marker;

Fig. 2 is a detail view of a pinning wire hereinafter described; and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device illustrating its use as a skirtgage.

Like numerals designate correspondlng parts in all of the figures of thedrawing.

Referring to the drawing it will be seen that the particular form of thedevice which I have chosen to illustrate the invention comprises a Ushaped member 6 having rigidly aflixed thereto a second U shaped memher7 which together with a set screw 8 constitute a clamp adapted toembrace and be free edge of a door 9. The screw 8 preferably carries anenlarged head 10 of a nature common in devices of this character toprevent marring the door. metallic clamp 11 is secured to the fronttransverse member 6 of the clamp and comprises an upper zontal wall 13,a front vertical wall 14 and rear vertical walls 15 and 16 which lieupon opposite sides of the wall 6- and are rigidly secured thereto as bThe walls 14: and 6 have alined openings 17 and 18 formed therein whichopenings are adapted to receive either the shank 19 of a chalk holdingclip 20, or the shank 21 of a pinning wire 22. A set screw 23 serves tobind elther of these shanks against movement. The clip 20 is adapted toreceive a tailors chalk 20 The pinning wire 22 comprises a horizontalcurved portion 24 which is connected by a vertical leg 25 with the shank21. When it is desired to mark a Specification of Letters Patent.

points of superiority horizontal wall 12, a horisoldering or brazing.

meted Mar. 22, 1921.

A ncatiommea111113, 192e-seria1 no. 393,975.

garment, as presently set forth, the chalk 1s used, while, when it isdesired to form a hem upon a skirt the chalk holder is removed andthepinning wire is substituted there for, as illustratedin Figpid.

Assuming, for example,that it is desired to form the waist-line upon agarment the user secures the clamp to the free edge of a door at theheight at which it is desired to havethe waist-line marked. Then,standing in such-position with the goods to be marked and moving thedoor slowly back and forth, the user may, by turning slowly around,cause the waist-line to be accurately marked entirely around the garmentand from any other person.

-While the marker is "highly usefulto mark waistlines, it is equallyuseful in many other relations, such, for example, as mark ing theposition of a yoke ed e, the length of sleeves, places for pockets,olds, all sorts of trimming, hems of skirts, tucks, ruffles, etc.Furthermore, work of this nature may be done without the assistance of afitter and without a tape measure. A further feature of importance isthat this marker is as well adapted for use in marking childrensgarments as in marking the garments of adults.

- In using the skirt gage as illustrated in Fig. 3, the person wearingthe skirt to be hemmed stands inside of the curve of the pinning wirepermitting the skirt to fall over the pinning wire. The fitter thenfolds the material inwardly and upwardly and secures it about thepinning wire with pins. The person wearing the skirt turns slowly fromtime to time and the formed hem is slipped from the free end of thepinning wire, while fresh material moves into position to be formed intoa hem. During this operation the material, which has not yet been turnedupwardly, falls freely into the depression provided by the vertical leg25. Thus, this material is not crowded and crumpled but lies freely andnaturally, so. as not to interfere with the fitter in properly formingthe hem. By the use of this. device, flimsy materials such as crepe dechines, Georgette crpes and all soft silks may be that the chalk willcontact this without aid accurately brought into hem formation, so

1 around.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction set forth but that it includes within its purview whateverchanges fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of theappended claims.

H aving claim isi 1. A device of the character described comprising aclamping element adapted to be secured 'to the free edge of a door and achalk marker and a spinning wire interdescribed my invention, what Ichangeablyi supported therefrom.

comprising a U sh devlce of the character described aped. element and aset screw carried thereby toconstitute a clamp adapted to be secured tothe free edge of a door, of a perforate element carried by said clampand a set screw carried bysaid perforate element and a pinning wire anda challcholden each having a shank adapted to enter the perforation ofthe perforate element and be clamped therein by said set screw.

' 3-. A device of the character described comprising a clamping elementadapted to be secured to the free edge of a door, a sec- I ondclamping,element carried by thefirst named clamping element and comprising aperforate member and a set screw and a chalk-holder comprising a shankadapted to pass through the perforations of said perforate member and besecured therein by said set screw.

4. A structure as recited inclaim 3 in combination with a pinning wirehaving a shank that is likewise adapted to pass through the perforationof the perforate member and be secured therein by said set screw.

5. A device of the character described comprising a clamp adapted to besecured to the free edge of a door, a second clamp carried by the firstnamed clamp and comprising a perforate member and a set screw and apinning wire comprising a shank adapted to pass through the saidperforate member and be engaged by said set screw, a vertical legextending from said shank and a horizontal curved portion extending fromthe vertical leg.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

ELIZABETH THORPE.

